# Accident 20240529008459A: Piper PA-22-150, Hillsboro, OR, May 29, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2024, 13:05 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Hillsboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0000° N, 122.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0000&lon=-122.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3267Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,200 total, 9 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240529008459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAY 29, 2024, FORMER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF PIPER PA20/22 AND NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HILLSBORO OREGON AIRPORT (KHIO) FOR A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. FORMER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW TO SCAPPOOSE AIRPORT (KSPB) AND NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT OBSERVED 2 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND FROM 150 DEGREES. NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LEFT SEAT, PILOT-IN-COMMAND, FROM SCAPPOOSE TO PRACTICE SLOW FLIGHT AND STALLS IN THE GENERAL AREA. THEN NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT PROCEED BACK TO LAND AT SCAPPOOSE WITH 3 FULL STOP LANDINGS. NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT'S COMFORT LEVEL WAS GOOD AND PROCEDED TO FUEL THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 14 GALLONS FOR THE FLIGHT BACK TO HILLSBORO.

ATIS CALLED FOR WINDS 220 6G14 SO NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT REQUESTED RUNWAY 20 FROM TOWER. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT, 2 OTHER AIRCRAFT ALSO WERE APPROACHING. THE TOWER THEN REPORTED WIND AT 250@5 AND ASKED IF THEY STILL NEEDED RUNWAY 20 (NOT RUNWAY IN USE). NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT ACCEPTED RUNWAY 31L. AIRCRAFT HAD EXTRA SPEED UPON TOUCHDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED TO CONTROL INPUT INITIALLY THEN CONTINUED TO DEVIATE TO THE LEFT. NEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT APPLIED FULL RUDDER, AILERON AND BRAKING, BUT THE TAIL CONTINUED TO COME AROUND. A GROUND LOOP ENSUED WITH THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSING AS THE SIDE LOAD INCREASED AND AIRCRAFT CROSSED INTO GRASS. THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE GROUND AS DID THE RIGHT WING. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE UNINJURED. NO DAMAGE TO OTHER PERSONS, PROPERTY OR AIRPORT EQUIPMENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR24LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA169), May 29, 2024: Piper PA-22-150 (N3267Z), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during the landing roll with a left crosswind.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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